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2011 ONE DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD

The annual Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes recent doctoral work in the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) area. Eligible dissertations must focus on some aspect of the natural environment and organization/society, however the particular discipline in which the dissertation is written is not a consideration. 

Criteria for selection include relevance, methodological appropriateness, scholarly contribution, and practical implications.  Applications and dissertations must be in English. The successful applicant will receive a recognition plaque as well as a cash award at the annual Academy of Management meeting of the ONE Division meeting in San Antonio, August 2011.

Dissertation entries for 2011 must have been, or will be, successfully defended between May 1, 2010 and June 15, 2011. A complete application will include:

• an electronic copy (MS Word format) of your dissertation, 
• an electronic copy of an abstract of not more than 10 double-spaced pages (The abstract should NOT identify either the author or the university), 
• the dissertation committee's signature page, including university name and date of successful defense, 
• a separate title page, including author's address, phone numbers (business and home), fax number, and e-mail address.
• If the applicant is not listed as lead author for any section of the dissertation, the submission must also include a certification, signed by the lead author, that the applicant is the primary researcher and author of the section in question.

Since the criteria for this award considers relevance, methodological appropriateness, scholarly contribution, and practical implications, we suggest you include the following information in your abstract to help us evaluate your dissertation: 

• Introduction:  Tell us your research question and how you believe your research will contribute to both research and practice.

• Literature Review/Theory Building:  Identify the research literatures you used to develop your research question and your specific hypotheses.  If possible, provide an appropriate graphic/table that describes your research model and hypotheses.

• Method:  Briefly summarize your sample, data collection procedures, variables, and analysis procedures. 

• Results: Provide a summary of your results and describe how these results relate to your research question. 

• Future Research: Tell us how your research will stimulate the research of others.  

To be considered for the award, applicants are advised to send an intend to submit e-mail (the purpose of which is to gauge how many applications will be received by the Committee) by May 18, 2011, and the full submissions (including electronic copies of an abstract, signature page, title page, as well as of the full dissertation) by June 1, 2011 to the ONE Best Dissertation Adjudication Committee. Both the intent to submit e-mail notification and the complete submission materials need to be sent electronically to:

Rick Bunch, Chair ONE Best Dissertation Adjudication Committee

Email: rbunch@umich.edu  Phone: 1-734-764-2521